Clothes drainer



Dec. 13, 1938. I G. MCLACHLAN 2,139,968

CLOTHES DRAINER Filed Nov. 25, 1936 ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 13, 1938UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

The invention relates to a drain device and. more especially to clothesdrainers.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a drainer ofthis character, wherein the same by the construction thereof isadaptable for fitting the usual or ordinary wash boiler so that theclothes when washed therein can be readily and easily drained and thewater from said clothes will flow back into the boiler without spilling.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a drainer of thischaracter, wherein the same is of novel construction so that it can bereadily and easily handled and conveniently placed upon a wash boilerand when in position thereon will permit in a convenient manner theplacing of clothes therein for draining purposes without any overflowoccurring or the spilling of the Water outside of the boiler, theclothes being removed from the wash boiler more easily and thoroughlydrained when taken therefrom.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a drainer of thischaracter, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient in operation, light in weight yet strong, durable, andinexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention andpointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a fragmentary side elevation partly broken away of a washboiler showing the drainer constructed in accordance with the inventionapplied thereto, the drainer being partly in section.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the drainer.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a portion ofa wash boiler which is of the usual well known construction adaptablefor the boiling and washing of clothes, in this instance being ofsubstantially elliptical form and having exteriorly thereof at oppositerounded ends handles B as is customary.

Adapted to be supported by the boiler A at the open top thereof is aclothes drainer constituting the present invention and comprising ascoop-like body formed with an inclined bottom 5, vertical side walls 6,a relatively shallow front wall I and a comparatively deep rear inclinedwall 8, respectively, the incline of this rear wall being in thedirection of the high end of the inclined bottom 5 of said body.

The shallow front wall 1 next to the bottom 5 is provided with spaceddrain holes or openings 9 while at the top edge of this wall is anoutwardly and downwardly curled flange [0 which is of a length greaterthan the width of the front wall I so as to have opposite ends protrudea distance beyond the side walls 6 of the body so as to per- 10 mitthese ends to contact with the edge of the open top of the boiler A andin this manner the said body of the drainer will be supported at itsfront end when at rest as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawing.Should the boiler A be of a width considerably greater than the lengthof the flange then a bar H will straddle the open top of the boiler andsuch flange It hook thereon, the bar being shown by dotted lines inFigure 4 while the flange I0 is shown in full lines.

Attached to the bottom 5 of the body of the drainer next to the rearwall 8 thereof is a pair of downwardly curved feet l2, these beingangularly disposed with respect to each other near opposite sides of thebody of the drainer and are adapted to saddle the edge of the open topof the boiler so that in this manner the body of the drainer will beheld at rest upon the boiler.

The rear wall 8 of the body of the drainer is formed with an outwardlyand downwardly curved extension l3 which with the flange l0 devoid ofthe bar ll afford hand grips or handles for the drainer so that it canbe carried in the hands of a person in a convenient manner.

The side walls 6 of the body of the drainer are formed with upwardlyarched top edges M.

In the use of the drainer when the clothes have been boiled or washedwithin the boiler A, these clothes can be placed with dispatch and in aconvenient manner in the body of the drainer so that thorough drainingof the clothes can be had and the drained liquid will flow through theholes or openings 9 back into the boiler as should be clearly apparentfrom Figure 1 of the drawing.

What is claimed is:

A clothes drainer of the kind described comprising a body formed with aninclined bottom, vertical side walls, a relatively shallow end walljoined with the side walls and rising vertically from the bottom atsubstantially right angles to its plane and a comparatively deepinclined opposite end wall, respectively, the side walls at their upperedges being upwardly arched and lying flush at opposite ends thereofwith the said end walls, the incline of the inclined end wall being atan acute angle to the inclined bottom and sloping in the same directionthereof, said shallow end wall having a transverse row of spacedopenings meeting the bottom, an upwardly, outwardly and downwardlycurled top flange on the shallow end wall and of a length greater thanthe width of said body for the extending of said flange laterally beyondopposite sides of said body, an

upwardly, outwardly and downwardly curled extension at the top of thesaid inclined end wall and coextensive with the width of the latter, andhook-like feet fixed exteriorly of the body at the bottom thereofadjacent to the inclined end wall and arranged in convergent relation toeach other in the direction of the shallow end wall.

- GORDON L. McLACHLAN.

